Blade runner Oscar Pistorius returned to court for a third day amid
revelations that the lead investigator in the case against him is
himself facing attempted murder charges.
Hilton Botha, who took the stand against Pistorius
at the Paralympic and Olympic track star's bail hearing earlier this
week, is due to appear before a judge in May after allegedly firing on a
minibus full of passengers, police spokesman Brigadier Neville Malila
said.
Pistorius, a double amputee dubbed "Blade Runner" because
of his carbon fibre racing blades, faces life in prison if convicted of
the premeditated murder of Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine's
Day.
He has admitted shooting the model, 29, but claims he did so thinking she was a burglar or burglars, who were in the bathroom.
The Independent's Africa correspondent Daniel Howden is inside Pretoria Magistrates' Court, where he was covering the bail hearing live.
OSCAR PISTORIUS IS to spend another night in a police cell before hearing if his bail application has been successful.
The prolonged proceedings were adjourned until 10am (local time, 8am Irish time) tomorrow morning.
The Paralympic champion and Olympian faces charges of pre-meditated
murder for the shooting dead of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on St
Valentine’s Day.
The 29-year-old model died from three gunshot wounds.
Pistorius insists that he shot Steenkamp after mistaking her for an
intruder at his Pretoria home. The prosecution contests this version of
events but has had a difficult time in court over the past two days.
This morning, fresh revelations harmed the State’s case even further.
It has emerged that Hilton Botha, the lead detective on the
investigation is facing attempted murder charges in relation to a 2011
incident.
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